Primary schools should be fined up to £1,750 for every poor pupil who fails to
reach expected standards under plans by allies of Michael Gove, the
Education Secretary.

Money should be clawed back and transferred to the secondary schools where the
children move to pay for extra support, a book published today says. A
typical primary school could lose tens of thousands of pounds, or the cost
of one or more teachers, under such a policy.

The plan is included in The Tail, a manifesto published by Paul
Marshall, chairman of the Ark chain of academy schools and of CentreForum,